Milestone in journey of hope as mother, daughter reunite

A mother was reunited with her daughter 22 years after they were separated by adoption at a meeting facilitated by the department of social development.

- Faizel Patel

This heartwarming moment, which took place last month at the department's Pretoria offices, marked a milestone in a journey of love, loss and hope.

According to the department, *Dineo Monaheng, made the heart-wrenching decision to place her infant daughter, *Thandi, for adoption, feeling unable to provide the life she wished for her child.

The department said despite the pain, Monaheng never lost hope and spent two decades praying for a miracle that one day she would be reunited with her daughter.

That prayer was answered when she received a call from social worker Ms Ndivhuwo Randela earlier this year, informing her that her daughter, Thandi, who had been adopted by a loving family in the Netherlands, had been searching for her.